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 * Copyright 2011-2012 Dik Grapendaal
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package sh.grapendaal.tsuushin.message;

public abstract class OutgoingMessage {
	private String command;

	/**
	 * The constructor will take the command the class is going to represent.
	 * 
	 * @param command
	 *            The command, i.e. the first word of the outgoing message, this
	 *            class will represent.
	 */
	public OutgoingMessage(String command) {
		this.command = command;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the command this class represents.
	 * 
	 * @return The command.
	 */
	public String getCommand() {
		return command;
	}

	/**
	 * The toString() method should be implemented by any subclass of this
	 * outgoing message, since it will be used to render the actual outgoing
	 * message before it is pushed out of the door.
	 */
	@Override
	public abstract String toString();
}
